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sugar-free-individual-food

For sugar-free-individual-food, claim term is sugar free; nutrient is sugar; food format is individual food (not a meal or main dish product); threshold is less than 0.5 g of sugars, as defined in § 101.9(c)(6)(ii), per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving; cfr section is 21 CFR 101.60(c)(1)(i), recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.

Claim ID
sugar-free-individual-food our reading
Claim term
sugar free verified
Nutrient
sugar our reading
Food format
individual food (not a meal or main dish product) our reading
Threshold
less than 0.5 g of sugars, as defined in § 101.9(c)(6)(ii), per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving verified
CFR section
21 CFR 101.60(c)(1)(i) our reading
Sourceecfr.gov
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What the source says

Use of terms such as “sugar free,” “free of sugar,” “no sugar,” “zero sugar,” “without sugar,” “sugarless,” “trivial source of sugar,” “negligible source of sugar,” or “dietarily insignificant source of sugar.” Consumers may reasonably be expected to regard terms that represent that the food contains no sugars or sweeteners e.g., “sugar free,” or “no sugar,” as indicating a product which is low in calories or significantly reduced in calories. Consequently, except as provided in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.60#p-101.60(c)(2)> paragraph (c)(2) of this section, a food may not be labeled with such terms unless: ( i ) The food contains less than 0.5 g of sugars, as defined in <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-101.9#p-101.9(c)(6)(ii)> § 101.9(c)(6)(ii) , per reference amount customarily consumed and per labeled serving or, in the case of a meal product or main dish product, less than 0.5 g of sugars per labeled serving; and

ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-17

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